Now everyone go out and vote for your personal interests, not for slogans, buzzwords, or forwarded emails. Remember, the booth is private. You can even lie to your friends and family about who you voted for.

/if everyone did that, the current Republicans would lose 75% of their votes and either be laughed or pitied into the history books

I had a Blue Dog Dem in the pocket of telecom industries, vehemently against net neutrality.

Now I have a Republican who has taken up the mantle of the Tea Party, but has consistently voted against SOPA, CISPA, etc. because that actually vibes with his stated philosophy and folks publicly called him out on it. He rose to the occasion there as much as I hate his other stances.

So now it's time to vote. Do I go for replacing Tea Party guy who is likely to vote down net neutrality legislation, but has a proven voting record with also being against SOPA and its followups, or do I vote for his replacement who is likely to be anti net neutrality *and* pro whatever-the-next-SOPA is?